Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-12-10


sarles OF life as well as the amount Of their
wages will regulate the measure Of their well
fire and comfort A
But the reduction OF taxation demaaded|
should be 50 measured ns not 10 nape q -
Justify elthcF Tie l6ss 5Eseupoyment by th6
Nbfkingman nor the lesSffiilT pf jhis wages: y
and the profits still remaining t3 yEs hiahtIfsE.
/ turer' after necessary establishment shouldj
furnish no excuse for the sacrifice OF the inter- I
ests OF ms employees either in theft oppottunitvN
70 WORK or III diminuti0n OF their compensatioli.l
| Nor can the workers in manufactures fail to un1l
defstGnd that while high tariff is claimed to be-
necessary to allow the payment Of remunera-
i've wages, it certainly results in very large
Increase in the price of nearly all sorts of manu-
tactures, which, in almost countless forms, he \
needs Tor the use Of himself and his fpmily. He
ftreifrs at The desk OF his employer his wages,
ana perhaps before he reaches his home is
Obliged IN purchase for family use OF an arti-
cle winch embraces its own labor, to return in
The payment OF the increase in price which the
turf permits, the hard earned compensation
OF many days OF toll. The farmer and
! the agriculturist who manufacture nothing,
but who pay the increased price
which the tarif imp0ses, tpon every apr,
| cultural implement, upon all he wears and upon |
all he uses and owns, except the Increase OF his
| Hooks and herds and such things as his hus !
| bandry produces from the soil is invited to aid |
IN maintaining the present situations; and he Is
loid mat high duty on imported wool Is neces- |
sary for the benefit of those who have sheep to
shear in order that the price of their wool may
be Increased They of course are not reminded
| that
THE FARMER WHO HAS NO SHEEP
Is by this scheme obliged, in his purchases of
| clothing aud woolcn goods, to pay Il tfibutS to
| his fellow farmer as well as to the manuiactur
er and merchant; nor is any mention made of
the fact that the shccp-owners themselves and
their households must wear clothing and use
other articles manufactured from the wool they
sell at tariff prices and thus as Consumers must
return their share Of this Increased price 10 the
| tradcsman
think it may be fHirly assumed that n large
| proportion OF the sheep owned by the farmers
| throughout the country are found In small
| tocks numbering from twenty-five TO hfty The
duty on the grade OF imported wool which these
sheep yield is ten cents each pound, If OF the
value OF thirty cents or less, and twelve cents II
OF the value of more than thirty cents. Ii the
liberal estimate of six pounds be allowed for
each fleece, the duty thereon would be sixty or
seyentY-two cents, and this may he taken as the
utmost enhancement Of its price to the farmer
! BY reason Of this duty. Eighteen dollars would
| thus represent the increased price OF the wool
! from twenty-five sheep and $40 that from the
wool OF fifty Sheep and at present values this
addition would amount to about Onethird Of its
price. II upon its sale the farmer receives this
orr less tariff nroGt thn wool Io,vn, hi. bonds
cborrod VIII ,,rncisol, tbat er,, ,,rIob n, nj,
! its charrrs will adhere to If until If reaches
| the consumer, When manufactured into cloth
| and other goods and material for use its cost is
not only Increased to the extent of the farmers 5
J tnrim hut nor bou uIIn1
! for the benefit of the manufacturer under the
operation OF other tariff laws. In the
meantime the day arrives whom the farmer
! finds it necessary to purchase wooden goods and
| material to olothe himself and family for the
winter When he faces the tradesman for that
purpose he discovers that he is obliged not only
to return in the way OF increased prices his tar
| if profit on the wool he sold, and which then
| perhaps lies before him in a manufactured
| form, but that he must add considerable sum
! thereto to meet Il further increase in cost
caused by tariff duty on the manufacture
Thus in the end he is aroused to the fact that
| he has paid upon moderate purchase, as re
suit Of the tariff scheme. which, when ne sold
| his wool seemed SO profitable, an increase in
| price more than sufficient to sweep away all the
tariff profit he received upon the wool he pro-
duced and sold
Mheh me number OF farmers engaged IN WOOL
Ioi9'iE - NVii"'eo wen ''i t'io '''l '''hr
Nuu''' " anu Wv Si""i P'opultion '"oS o'"' ~
cur poPu't!'uh 10 cuHs4oered "hch II Is Hlauc
| apparent 'h"'' III VIC case oi i4tso part oi
@ @'nu'o ""' Wv" '"''P' 'ho uoiIei' VI ''io
p'eeo"'
TARIFF ON WOOL Is iLLusoRY'
And above all, when ii must be conceded that
| the increase OF the cost OF the living caused by
such tariff, becomes burden upon those with
| moderate means and the the pmntDyp1
and unemployed the sick and well, and the
young and old, and that it constitutes tax
which, with relentless grasp, is fastened
! upon the clothing OF every man, woman and
| chld IN the land, reasons are suggested why
| the removal or reduction OF TINS DUTY should be
include d in revision oi our tariff laws.
| In speaking OF the increased cost to the con
! sumer OF our home manufactures. resulting
| from u duty laid upon imported articles of the
| same description, the fact Is not overlooked
that competition among our domestic producers
sometimes has the eHecl OF Keeping the price Of
! their products below the highest limit allowed
ny such duty But II Is notorious that TINS
Vo'npo'l''o' Is 'oo oi'cn suIhs'cu ny eohIpiia'
uons qu''e pre'"lc"' "t 'nis une' ana ire
que""S o.,,,.,, .,,,,,,
''''''''
Whch nave Tor theirobJect the regulation of the
supply and price OF commodities made ana sold
| uy members OF the combination. ihc people
can haruly nope Tor any consideration IN the
! operation OF the-e selhsh schemes. III, however
| IN the absence oil such combination, healthy
ana lrcc competition reouces thc price OF any
particular dutiaoie article OF nome production
| polow the limit Whlch II might otherwise reach
under our tarlH laws ana II, with such reduced
| price It's manufacture continues 20 thriNe 1t is
! ehtlrely evident that one thing has been dis
| covered Whleh should De carefully scrutnized
III an ehort 10 reduce taxation
| me necessity OF eomoihatlon 10 MAINTAIN the
price OF any commodity to the tarln point fur
hlshes PROOF mat some one Is wiling To accept
| lower prices Tor such commodity, and that such
| prices are remuheratlVe, ana lower prices pro-
uu'eu ny competition prove me same thlng.
| mus Where elther OF these conditions exist,
case would seem TO DC presented Tor an easy re-
uur.'oh ol TAXATION me CONSIDERATIONS Wlich
- -, "'"h Wv, ,"' AT l'"
,'',.n o' w "" o''n.ss .sNoni
@o,,o.,, ,,"' na Wv su' p."' e''"''' VI 'no
'0'' " p'e''''''" W '"'
| "I"''lloN VI w" 'oSioh DUTIES
Anu' NJ lhc same llme' 10 emphas2c suggest
| ION that Ill accomplishing thls purpose we may
discharge a double duty TO our people by grant
ms TO them measure OF rehet from tarin taxa
tioh III quarters Where IL N most hceueu' ana
from sources whcre II can be most iairly and
Justly accorded
Nor can lhe presentation MADE OF such con
slueratohs DC win any degree OF FAIRNESS, re-
| earueu as cVidehce OF untnendiihess toward